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Table 2 Sample characteristics

From: Bicultural identity among economical migrants from three south European countries living in Switzerland. Adaptation and validation of a new psychometric instrument

Characteristic

Hospital staff (n = 55)

Patients (n = 38)

Pa

Male sex (n; %)

27

49.1

30

78.9

0.005

Age (median; min – max)

44

19 – 68

45

28 – 74

0.745

Primary school only (n; %)

27

49.1

24

63.2

0.208

Lives as a couple, with or without children (n; %)

45

81.8

25

65.8

0.092

Professionally active (n; %)

52

94.5

16

42.1

<0.001

Country of origin (n; %)

    

0.026

   Spain

31

56.4

13

34.2

 

   Portugal

14

25.5

20

52.6

 

   Italy

10

18.2

5

13.2

 

Age at arrival in Switzerland (median; min – max)

23

9 – 41

24

1 – 40

0.748

Length of stay in Switzerland, yrs (median; min – max)

21

4 – 42

23

2 – 44

0.406

  1. a Fisher's exact test or Mann-Whitney U-test for group comparison